Academic Staff

July 9, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
Nizar Bakir Yahya (PhD) Teaching staff
Professor
Professor in General pediatric and Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Pediatrics
College of Medicine
University of Duhok

Iraqi Board , post board high diploma in Pediatric Gastroenterology

Lectures and Clinical Topics List 1. Treatment options for Anemia in children

2. Cerebral Palsy: Management of Complex Hypertonicity

3. Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMO): Evidence-Based Insights

4. Cephalosporins in Pediatric Practice Children (Beyond Basic)

5. Valproate in the Era of Newer Antiepileptic Drugs: Is It Still Relevant?

6. Nocturnal Enuresis: Update & Evidence-Based Management

7. EAS Iraq – Lipid-Lowering (Webinar)

8. Inhaled Corticosteroid in Asthma Management

9. RSV: Management & Prevention

10. Comparing Iron Formulations – Ferrous Salts vs Newer Iron Preparations

11. Growth Failure in Children – Role of Micronutrients and Amino Acids

12. Achondroplasia Clinic (Webinar)

13. Focus on Achondroplasia: From Disease Burden to Current Management

14. Case 1: Diagnostic Dilemmas

15. Case 2: Challenges in Genetic Counseling

16. Case 3: Management Challenges

17. Neonatal Metabolic Emergencies (Webinar)

18. Optimizing Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation in Infants and Children

19. Early Recognition of Hypophosphatasia in Infants and Children

20. Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Recurrent UTI in Children

21. Antibiotic Use in Gastroenteritis and Food Poisoning

22. Cefdinir in Modern Clinical Practice

23. Neonatal Conjunctivitis: What Every Clinician Should Know

24. Iron Deficiency in Children: Closing the Gap between Evidence and Practice

25. From First Seizure to Long-Term Treatment in Pediatrics

26. Picky Eating in Children: Myth or Medical Concern?

27. GERD in Infancy and Childhood

28. Anti-Diarrheal Agents in Children

29. Vitamin D3 in Children

30. Antipyretic in Children

31. Azithromycin in Pediatric Practice

32. Acute Bronchiolitis

33. School-age boy with left-side weakness

34. Acute Pharyngitis

35. Sinusitis in Children

36. Tonsillitis and Adenoid Hypertrophy

37. Case: School-age boy with pallor and jaundice

38. Otitis Media

39. Case: Infant boy with hypertonia

40. Case: Toddler girl with recurrent chest infection

41. Upper Airway Disorders

42. Pulmonary Edema in Children

43. Case: Neonate with hematuria and proteinuria

44. Acute Gastroenteritis in Children

45. Types of Dehydration and Chronic Diarrhea

46. Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy & Chronic Diarrhea

47. Wilson Disease

48. Case: School-age boy with jaundice

49. Case: Toddler boy with generalized edema

50. Poor Weight Gain

51. Case: Neonate with refractory convulsion

52. Protein Energy Malnutrition

53. Case: Infant boy with hypoalbuminemia

54. Case: School-age girl with DKA & high inflammatory markers

55. Hypertension in Pediatrics

56. Celiac Disease

57. Case: School-age girl with skin rash and renal impairment

58. Cleft Lip and Palate

59. Acrodermatitis Enteropathica

60. Lipid Disorders in Pediatrics

61. Toddler boy with right-side weakness

62. Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) and GERD

63. Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

64. Preschool child with hypernatremia

65. Intussusception

66. Hemi-hypertrophy

67. Case: Preschool boy with irritability and thrombocytopenia

68. Peptic Ulcer Disease

69. Ileus

70. Case: School-age boy with recurrent meningitis

71. Acute Pancreatitis

72. Case: School-age girl with lower limb weakness

73. Hirschsprung Disease

74. Introduction to Liver Disease

75. Case: Infant with congenital diarrhea

76. Neonatal Jaundice

77. 13-year-old boy with short stature and morbid obesity

78. Crigler-Najjar Syndrome

79. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

80. Neonatal jaundice with positive Coombs test

81. Toddler boy with lower limb weakness

82. Autoimmune Hepatitis

83. Preschool child with bone pain

84. School-age girl with congenital hypothyroidism

85. Fulminant Hepatic Failure

86. School-age boy with fever and high creatinine kinase

87. Preschool girl with fever and fatigue

88. Portal Hypertension and Varices

89. Infant girl refusing feeding

90. School-age boy with leg pain

91. Rickets

92. Hepatitis in Pediatrics

93. Introduction to Dermatology

94. Introduction to Ophthalmology

95. Retinopathy of Prematurity

96. Congenital Malformation of CNS

97. CNS Anomalies

98. Neonatal Sepsis

99. Anatomy and Radiology of CNS

100. Hydrocephalus and Hydranencephaly

101. Evaluation of Epilepsy in Children

102. Types of Epilepsy in Children

103. The Placenta

104. Unprovoked Seizure

105. Treatment of Seizure in Children

106. Choosing Anti-epileptic Drugs

107. 4-year-old child with fever for 1 week

108. Neonatal Seizure

109. Understanding Medication Safety in Pregnancy

110. Toddler with prolonged fever

Research

Publications List

1. The lipid profile in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Erbil governorate (2009)

2. Growth pattern and sexual maturation rate in β-thalassemia major patients from thalassemia center Erbil (2013)

3. Hemoglobin F modulation in sickle cell disease: Experience in a single center in Iraqi Kurdistan (2016)

4. Clinical and cytogenetic profile in patients with Down syndrome in Duhok province, Iraq (2017)

5. Helicobacter pylori seropositivity in children in Duhok City, Iraq (2018)

6. The Relationship Between Vesicoureteral Reflux and Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Children in Kurdistan Region, Iraq (2018)

7. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection among children aged less than 18 years old in Duhok Province, Iraq (2021)

8. Use of Musical Intervention in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a Developing Country: A Pilot Pre–Post Study (2022)

9. The Trojan horse feature of SARS-CoV-2 behind the re-emergence of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iraq (2022)

10. Botulinum Toxin A (Btx-A) Injection: A Rare and Complicated Pediatric Case from Kurdistan, Iraq (2022)

11. The clinical and pathological characteristics of neonatal cholestasis (2023)

12. The Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Neonatal Cholestasis; A Case of Hevi Pediatrics Teaching Hospital in Duhok Province, Iraq (2023)

13. It is possible to create a vascular access team in a middle resource country? Experience of Hevi Paediatric Teaching Hospital at Duhok–Iraq (2023)

14. Effectiveness of an educational program on knowledge change of nurses regarding children with moderate-to-severe dehydration under five years (2023)

15. Retrospective analysis of pediatric sepsis and the burden of antimicrobial resistance in Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (2024)

16. Epidemiological Analysis of Childhood Brucellosis in Duhok, Iraq: A Retrospective Observational Study From 2018 to 2021 (2024)

17. Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics Associated with the Severity of Bronchiolitis in Hospitalized Children in Iraq (2024)

18. Motor Development of Children in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Parent Survey (2024)

19. Clinical and genetic spectrums of Pompe disease in Duhok city, Kurdistan region, Iraq (2025)

20. The prevalence and antibiotics resistance profile of Burkholderia cepacia in neonatal sepsis: a pioneer study in Kurdistan Region-Iraq (2026)

pediatric and pediatric Gastroenterology

Iraqi and Kurdistan board students